and
Man Friday" (ca. 1880) Offterdinger was a student of
Heinrich von Rustige. In the second half of the 19th century, Offterdinger illustrated numerous children's books, fairy tales, adventure stories, and
broadsheets. Offterdinger is particularly known for his paintings with scenes from fairy tales and illustrations of literary works such as
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann,
Till Eulenspiegel,
Robinson Crusoe, fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, the
Leatherstocking Tales, and
Gulliver's Travels. In 1874, he illustrated the first edition of Theodor Storm's novella
Pole Poppenspäler in the journal German youth.
Heinrich Leutemann and Carl Offterdinger illustrated a German fairytale collection, Mein erstes Märchenbuch (My first Fairytale Book), published at the end of the 19th century. Some of his illustrations are now included in the Boston Harbor Museum. ==References==